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VDCI

AI for the Workplace with Gemini

via VDCI

Overview

This course teaches participants how to use Google Gemini to research, write, analyze information, automate recurring tasks, and build a personalized AI workflow using tools such as Gems, Deep Research, NotebookLM, and Google Workspace.

Syllabus

Module 1: Getting Started with Claude AI

  • Explain how Claude works in plain language.
  • Identify the model tiers, plans, and key parts of the claude.ai interface.
  • Practice starting a first conversation with Claude.

Module 2: Prompting Fundamentals & Working with Files

  • Identify the core parts of an effective prompt, including context, task, format, constraints, and examples.
  • Apply prompting across writing, summarization, analysis, research, and creative problem-solving.
  • Work with images, PDFs, spreadsheets, screenshots, and handwritten notes in Claude.

Module 3: Projects — Organizing Ongoing Work

  • Explain how Projects use custom instructions, knowledge bases, and RAG to organize ongoing work.
  • Write effective Project instructions for real workplace tasks.
  • Create a Project using real work documents.

Module 4: Artifacts, Skills, and Memory

  • Create reusable deliverables with Artifacts.
  • Customize how Claude communicates using Skills, custom instructions, and persistent context with Memory.
  • Apply usage management tips to extend plan value.

Module 5: Intermediate Prompting & Advanced Features

  • Use role-based prompting, chain-of-thought, and multi-step workflows.
  • Apply advanced features such as web search, Extended Thinking, and the “You Ask Me” technique.
  • Practice advanced prompting with real work scenarios.

Module 6: Claude vs. Other AI Tools

  • Compare Claude with tools such as Copilot, Gemini, and ChatGPT.
  • Choose the right tool for different types of work.
  • Recognize data privacy considerations and organizational AI policies.

Module 7: Introduction to Claude Cowork

  • Explain what Claude Cowork is and how it differs from claude.ai.
  • Read, write, and manage files from the desktop environment.
  • Complete a first Cowork task.

Taught by

Reid Johnson and David Nguyen

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